Lamar Runs Its Record to 4-0 with a 42-14 Rout of Northwestern State
Lamar is 4-0 and Northwestern State is 0-4, and the 42-14 final probably did not need any explaining by the final two minutes of the second quarter, when it was 35-7.
Lamar scored first on a 45-yard Jojo Uga run, Northwestern State tied it at 7-7 on a 7-yard Zach Wilcke pass to Brendan Webb, and that was the end of the competitive part. Lamar then scored 35 points in a row, one touchdown at a time: Aiden McCown to LaDamion McDowell from 37 yards, a 39-yard Parker Jenkins run, McCown to Blake Thomas from 15, McCown himself from 20 yards on the ground, and a Cam Patterson 8-yard run early in the third. The score was 42-7 at 11:32 of the third quarter. Zay Davis added a 24-yard run for Northwestern State at the start of the fourth, and that was all the scoring. Northwestern State got 14 points and then the clock won.
The numbers back it up. Lamar had 480 total yards, 250 of them on the ground, against 275 for Northwestern State, which managed only 67 rushing yards on 30 carries. The only blemish on Lamar's side was two lost fumbles (and still no interceptions on either side). McCown was 9 of 11 for 172 yards, which is the sort of passing line you see when the other team stops getting the ball back.
Fantasy-wise, McCown led everyone with 29.8, and Northwestern State's Amaaz Eugene caught 7 passes for 108 yards for 17.8 on the losing side.